For Quebec, a French Woman May Not Be French Enough

Re:For Quebec, a French Woman May Not Be French Enough by Gunax on Monday November 11, 2019 @01:14AM (#21502597)

The Manitoba legislature building offers guided tours in English and French at alternating times. Of course the French tour is probably empty >90% of the time, but it still has to be offered in equal frequency. It wouldn't be fair to offer the English tour every 30 minutes, but only do the French tour twice per day.

So it's not just an issue of access, but equal access. That's why I called it 'bending over backwards'. It feels like a lot of politically-correct posturing that ignores the reality that there are very few French speakers in Winnipeg.

Despite all of this, the French services probably still suck. It's likely that they are equal on paper, but not in reality.

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Re:For Quebec, a French Woman May Not Be French Enough by deanCommie on Monday November 11, 2019 @07:43PM (#21510453)

That's Manitoba's CHOICE, it's not federally required.

Most provinces do not make that choice, the further west you go.

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